ROBERT COLQUHOUN 1914 – 1962 & ROBERT MACBRYDE 1913 -1966 ‘The Two Roberts’, both from poor working-class homes and aged 19 and 20 respectively, met at the Glasgow School of Art in 1933 and remained inseparable partners for life. They were funded to travel...
Only one more week to enjoy the creativity of Marianne Straub and her circle of friends at the Fry Art Gallery. Kaspar Fischer was the son of Hans Fischer a Swiss artist and his wife Bianca (née Wassmuth), both of whom had been students in Zurich with Marianne. Bianca...
Marianne Straub’s scrapbook will be on show for two more weeks in the Fry Gallery in the ‘Interwoven Lives’ exhibition. For this penultimate week, we once again show you the extraordinary breadth of Marianne’s artistic circles. 1: is an example of the little...
If you go to the Fry Gallery this week, you will see this selection of cards from Marianne Straub’s scrapbook: 1: Centaur and ballerina by painter, designer and illustrator George Mackie 2: Graphic card from furniture designer and fellow member of the Society of...
Work by Marianne Straub’s artistic friends fills many pages of her scrapbook. This double-page spread is on show in the Fry Gallery now. Misha Black drew these cheerful cats (1). One of the key figures in design in the UK in the twentieth century, Misha had a long...
Marianne Straub preserved Christmas cards and other ephemera in the scrapbook which is on show in the Fry Gallery. Every week we open it at a different page. This week we have cards from: 1 – Hans Fischer. Hans and his wife Bianca (née Wassmuth) met Marianne as...
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